11:54 PM,
Jan. 29, 2014

New Lions DC Teryl Austin got high praise from past players.

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When the Arizona Cardinals took a precocious cornerback out of Tennessee Tech with their first-round pick six years ago, they entrusted new Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin to develop him.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said he came into the NFL na´ve and a bit big-headed, and Austin helped teach him the game and show him his place.

"He sat by me in meetings, he stayed on me," Rodgers-Cromartie said at Super Bowl XLVIII media day Tuesday. "You know how you get one of them coaches that's always on you? He was always on me and I'm like, 'Why is he always messing with me?' But at the end of the day ...